OIT Mathematics Colloquium

The mathematics department runs a colloquium series every term. There are usually 3 talks during the term. Students and faculty from various departments give talks on topics in mathematics and related fields. If you are interested in giving a talk, then please contact Dibyajyoti Deb at this link. A list of past speakers and their talk is listed below.

 

Fall 2018

  • Dibyajyoti Deb, Dept. of Mathematics - The 21 Card Trick and Its Generalization, October 18, 2018.
  • David Hammond, Dept. of Mathematics - Fractal Geometry of Julia Sets, November 8, 2018.
  • Jesse Kinder, Dept. of Natural Sciences - Hartree-Fock Theory, November 29, 2018.

Winter 2019

  • Peter Overholser Dept. of Mathematics - Artificial Neural Networks and Applications, January 24, 2019.
  • Pat Schaeffer, Dept. of Management - Factorial Designed Experiments Using Minitab Statistical Software for Laser Weld Process Robustness, February 11, 2019.
  • Rosanna Overholser, Dept. of Mathematics - Causation, not just correlation, February 14, 2019.
  • Yuehai Yang, Dept. of Natural Sciences - How “Squishy” is a Roll of Graphene, a.k.a., a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube?, February 25, 2019.
  • Randall Paul, Dept. of Mathematics - Mathematical Perspectives and Projective Geometry, March 14, 2019.

Spring 2019

  • Peter Overholser Dept. of Mathematics - Curves, blocks, chains, and coins, April 18, 2019.
  • Matthew Sleep, Dept. of Civil Engineering - The use of probability and statistics in geotechnical engineering - A case study on the Whittier Narrows Dam, May 9, 2019.
  • Reid Anderson, Math Major - Mathematical Ears!, May 23, 2019.
  • David Brookes, Dept. of Physics, Cal State, Chico - Dabbling in the “dark arts”: A physicist does education statistics, June 6, 2019.

Fall 2019

  • Gregg Waterman, Dept. of Mathematics - The Laplacian of a Graph: Is the Name Justified?, October 19, 2019.
  • Jim Fischer, Dept. of Mathematics - Introduction to Singularity Functions and How to Bend Beams with Your Mind, November 7, 2019.
  • Eve Klopf, Dept. of EERE - Application of Numerical Methods for Solving Problems in Electromagnetics, November 21, 2019.

Winter 2020

  • Jesse Kinder, Dept. of Natural Sciences - Hypercubes and Hyperspheres: Geometry in More Than Three Dimensions, January 23, 2020.
  • Gregg Waterman, Dept. of Mathematics - Vectors to Function Spaces, February 13, 2020.
  • Gregg Waterman, Dept. of Mathematics - A Basic Introduction to Wavelets, February 20, 2020.
  • Peter Overholser, Dept. of Mathematics - Information on information and why you can never come out ahead, no matter how hard you try, March 12, 2020.

Spring 2019

  • Talks cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Fall 2020

  • Alexis Harris, Math Major - Observing the Sensitivity of Step Sizes in a Neural Network, November 10, 2020.
  • Curtis Michaels, Math Major - The Regularizing Effects of the Heat Equation, November 24, 2020.

Winter 2021

  • Joseph Reid, Dept. of Mathematics - An Introduction to Modeling Outbreak Investigations, January 27, 2021.
  • Yan Jiao, Univ. of Adelaide, Australia - Design Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversions – A Theoretical Point of View, February 10, 2021.
  • Jesse Kinder, Dept. of Natural Sciences - Monte Carlo simulation of epidemics on complex networks, February 24, 2021.

Spring 2021

  • Robyn Wilde, Dept. of Natural Sciences - Positronium collisions with atoms and molecules, April 21, 2021.
  • Austin Moyer, Math Major - The 2014 Ebola Outbreak, May 19, 2021.
  • Randall Paul, Dept. of Mathematics - Conics Like You’ve Never Seen Them, June 2, 2021.

Fall 2021

  • Randall Paul, Dept. of Mathematics - Harmonic Sets in Music and Art, October 21, 2021.
  • David Hammond, Dept. of Mathematics - The discrete Laplacian deconvolution method for differential interference contrast microscopy, November 4, 2021.
  • Dibyajyoti Deb, Dept. of Mathematics - The Geometry of Numbers, December 2, 2021.

Winter 2022

  • Rosanna Overholser, Dept. of Mathematics - A Tale of Three Frameworks for Estimating Uncertainty, January 20, 2022.
  • Peter Overholser, Dept. of Mathematics - Views From a Train, February 10, 2022.
  • David Johnston, Dept. of Natural Sciences - Fusion Energy, Ray Tracing, and the Normal Form, March 3, 2022.

Spring 2022

  • Randall Paul, Dept. of Mathematics - Dots and Boxes and Donuts, April 28, 2022.
  • Jesse Kinder (Dept. of Natural Sciences), Kim Kinder (M.D.) - The Most Beautiful Instrument, May 19, 2022.
  • Lukasz Zbroszczyk & Peter Bigica, Math Major, Western Connecticut State University - Using Machine Learning to Forecast Outcomes of Baseball At-Bats, June 2, 2022.

Fall 2022

  • Jesse Kinder, Dept. of Natural Sciences - Quantum Math, October 19, 2022.
  • Jason Smith, Dept. of Mathematics - Iteratively Counting Edges to Sum Squares and Cubes, November 9, 2022.
  • Su Jin Lee, Dept. of Geomatics - Introduction to GIS, December 7, 2022.

Winter 2023

  • Kenneth Davis, Dept. of Mathematics - Fair Division and the Problem of Redistricting, February 8, 2023.
  • Jesse Kinder, Dept. of Natural Sciences - What is a Quantum Computer?, February 22, 2023.
  • Tiernan Fogarty, Dept. of Mathematics - Modeling the hanging beam in a first term differential equations course, March 15, 2023.

Spring 2023

  • Terri Torres, Dept. of Mathematics - Honey Bee Research with Students at Oregon Tech, April 26, 2023.
  • Joseph Reid, Dept. of Mathematics - Minimize Your Writing Stress: Tools for Efficient and Reproducible Research, May 10, 2023.
  • Ashton Greer, Dept. of Civil Engineering - Rainfall Roulette: Climate Change and the Shifting Rainfall Patterns in Stormwater Infrastructure Design, May 31, 2023.

Fall 2023

  • Doug Gardner, Dept. of Mathematics, Rogue Community College - The Ubiquitous Truss: a marvel of engineering, October 17, 2023.
  • Jim Fischer, Dept. of Mathematics - Optimal Control and The Linear Quadratic Regulator, November 8, 2023.
  • Pake Melland, Dept. of Mathematics - Adventures in bistable perception: a low-dimensional perspective to a high(?) dimensional problem, November 29, 2023.

Winter 2024

  • Gregg Waterman, Dept. of Mathematics - A History of Photography and Cameras, January 31, 2024.
  • Joseph Reid, Dept. of Mathematics - What I learned from the Mouse – A perspective from working as a Mathematician in Industry, February 21, 2024.
  • Cristina Negoita, Dept. of Mathematics - A Mathematician Goes to Washington: My Year at the National Science Foundation, March 6, 2024.

Spring 2024

  • Cameron Castillo, Student - The Optimal Path: Low Thrust Orbital Transfers for CubeSats, April 24, 2024.
  • Tiernan Fogarty (Dept. of Mathematics), Graeme Wiltrout (Math Major) - Exploring Discrete Data Through Taylor Series, May 15, 2024.
  • Alissa Whiteley, Dept. of Mathematics - Modeling Greening Using Agent-Based and Ordinary Differential Equation Models, June 5, 2024.

Fall 2024

  • Pake Melland, Dept. of Mathematics - One spike, two spike, red duck, dead duck, October 17, 2024.
  • Jason Smith, Dept. of Mathematics - How many golf balls can fit into a bus?, November 7, 2024.
  • Joseph Reid, Dept. of Mathematics - Reinforcement Learning AI as a method for Active Dynamic Control in Complex Engineering Systems, November 21, 2024.

Winter 2025

  • Yuehai Yang, Dept. of Natural Sciences - Zooming-in on a Physics Class: What May Have Made It Effective at Whole-Class, Group, and Individual Levels, January 29, 2025.
  • Gregg Waterman, Dept. of Mathematics - Mathematical Movers, LLC Gregg Waterman, CEO, February 19, 2025.
  • Jim Fischer, Dept. of Mathematics - Introduction to the Calculus of Variations, March 5, 2025.

Spring 2025

  • Franny Howes, Dept. of Communications - Using Unicode and Emojis in the Classroom, April 23, 2025.
  • Pake Melland, Dept. of Mathematics - Data Science meets Physics, May 14, 2025.
  • Randall Paul, Dept. of Mathematics - In Search of Special Triangles, May 29, 2025.

Fall 2025

  • Karissa Lyda, Math Major, Oregon State University - Perplexing p-adics, October 23, 2025.
  • Randall Paul, Dept. of Mathematics - Saving Sandra Bullock or The Unexpected Difficulties of Maneuvering in Orbit, November 12, 2025.
  • Gregg Waterman, Dept. of Mathematics - P-adics on Parade, December 3, 2025.

Winter 2026

  • Cedric Romero, Math Major, Oregon Institute of Technology - Binary? In my decimal? It’s more likely than you think!, January 28, 2026.
  • Jesse Kinder, Dept. of Natural Sciences - Gravitational Lensing: Testing Relativity and Exploring the Cosmos, February 18, 2026.
  • Charles Riley, Dept. of Civil Engineering - Exploiting Inverse Power Trends to Improve Impact Testing for Structural Health Monitoring, March 4, 2026.